Longevity - Serenity - Affluence

... Do not forget my teaching,

    but keep my commands in your heart,

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for they will prolong your life many years

    and bring you peace and prosperity.

God: Proverbs 3:1

What do longevity, serenity, and affluence have in common? Now this is an interesting question, but the answer may be more simple than most people may think: These three are the byproduct of remembering God's commands, and keeping them (or embracing them) in our hearts. As our verse above says these tend to prolong life. God's right way of living promotes or brings peace to our beings.  And commands are designed to enhance a prosperous way of living. They are designed to bring order to our lives.

In other words, there is greater potentiality in improving our overall health, if we practice what God preaches.  In Exodus, the Bible teaches us to remember the sabbath day, for example, and keep it holy.  Billy Graham commented on this once,  and he said that the Hebrew word for "holy" and "healthy" are the same. There has been a lot of data that validates that holy living is healthy living.

I am a witness to the truth of Christ being in me, and His Holy Spirit empowering me, to overcome and be an overcomer.  I am a witness to how He does indeed give us life and give it more abundantly ... or to the full.  As a matter of fact, sharing in God's life (eternal life which begins the day we meet Jesus) has made my life immensely better.  I don't exist only.  I have the power to live both now and in eternity.  And eternity really is a case for longevity, serenity and genuine or authentic affluence.

So why not receive God's grace to practice what God, through the Bible, preaches.

SoJourner